(The Root) — The vice presidential debate was as exciting as everyone predicted. From a defiant Paul Ryan to a laugh-in-your-race Joe Biden, fireworks flew the entire 90 minutes. This Week in Blackness and The Root provided live debate coverage immediately after it aired.

Check out #TeamBlackness — co-hosts L. Joy Williams and Aaron Rand Freeman — talking with professor Anthea Butler from the University of Pennsylvania about Biden, Ryan and all things debate.